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NewsMax.com
Thursday, Jan. 17,
2002
Happy Birthday, Ben Franklin
History-censoring leftists such as Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz and his ilk will no doubt be offended, so
we'd like to note that the great Benjamin Franklin was born on this date in
1706.
In its "Today in History" column, the Associated Press deems the 1977
execution of Gary Gilmore as "Today's Highlight in History," but we say the
birth of a great Founding Father trumps the death of some scumbag murderer.
NewsMax reader Harry E. Benson wrote to us: "I portray Benjamin Franklin for
our Museum of Printing History here in Houston. I speak to children at schools,
libraries, churches etc. I am concerned that most of our children do not hear
about or study about our early American heroes.
"I have not seen a single mention of Franklin in ANY of the media today,
local or national. Be a first and probably the only to help celebrate this
famous American."
Consider it done.
For all those students out there whose government schools deliberately keep
them in ignorance about this patriot, statesman, inventor, writer and bon
vivant, ask your teachers about Franklin. Then again, you might get better
results consulting a book.
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